Herald of Leshrac
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Flying
Cumulative upkeep—Gain control of a land you don't control. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
This creature gets +1/+1 for each land you control but don't own.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, each player gains control of each land they own that you control.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The List
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #10970
Herald of Leshrac snowballs land theft into a massive flying attacker — every land you steal pumps it and drains the opponent on upkeep, and when it dies the lands return, which punishes you hard if the board resets. Obeka, Splitter of Seconds skips that upkeep entirely, turning the Herald into a one-sided resource engine with no downside.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds ends your upkeep before Herald of Leshrac's cumulative upkeep triggers resolve, letting you stockpile stolen lands indefinitely without paying the scaling cost or returning anything when it eventually leaves play.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Herald of Leshrac is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially zero play outside Commander — a seven-mana creature with a delayed, conditional payoff is unplayable in Legacy and Modern, where games end before the engine gets going. In Commander, the multiplayer math changes everything: you have three opponents to steal from, and the cumulative upkeep is easily dodged with Obeka, Splitter of Seconds or negated by sacrificing the Herald on your own terms. It occupies a specific niche — theft-and-drain strategies that want a late-game finisher that also dismantles opponents' mana bases — and it does that job well.
Key Combos
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Price Context
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Pricing data for Herald of Leshrac isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given its narrow Commander application and single printing, it tends to carry a modest premium relative to its play rate — worth confirming before you buy.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.